Divided states of America: From Oregon to Louisiana, campaigns for secession are taking place at local and state levels - and some are succeeding

In an increasingly divided United States of America, a radical solution to resolve fraught political differences is gaining momentum: secession. Earlier in May, Crook County became the 13th county in eastern Oregon to formally support starting the process of redrawing the state's border to create a Greater Idaho. More than a dozen fed-up liberal counties in eastern Oregon have voted in support of measures to start negotiations to secede from the state and join conservative Idaho Crook County became the 13th to approve the Greater Idaho Measure following a vote Supporters say they're disillusioned by the state's Democratic leaders, whose efforts to decriminalize drugs and defund police have backfired spectacularly. The predominantly white, wealthy area of St George has seceded from Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital The campaign initially started as an attempt to create a new school district for St George. Texas independence gained traction after the federal U.S. Border Patrol cut down razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border, only for the state to erect new fencing in defiance The leader of the Texas Nationalist Movement, Daniel Miller, told DailyMail.com in February that political tensions at the border with Mexico 'highlighted the broken relationship' between Austin and Washington, D.C. His comments came amid a stand off between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden over security measures at the Mexico border.